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SUBSCRIBE: www.harboursreview.comno. 1/2017 (13) FebruaryISSN 2449-6022Blueindustryeuropean port sector forumvoices15.Dorothy Wintersthe Port of Amsterdam’s Business DeveloperOffshoreKarmenu VellaEuropean Commissioner for Environment,Maritime Affairs and Fisheries16.03. red-hot port matters10. market smsfeatured article12. The Mediterranean blue economyChristine Cabau Woerhelthe Port of Marseille Fos’ CEOGunter PauliEconomist and Author of The Blue Economy18.Defining the blue terms20.21.The portfolio of Motus FoundationOne stop LNG shop23.Challenges and opportunitiesMonika Woźniak-LewandowskaSzczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority’sCommunication and PR Specialist17.Isabelle RyckbostESPO’s Secretary GeneralJens Kirketerp Jensenthe Port of Hirtshals’ Managing Director26.Photos: www.pexels.com28.34. editorial34. upcoming issues34. partnership events1 Harbours Review 2017/1– A perspective from Southern EuropePaul Tourret30.– Principles for a Sustainable Blue EconomyIsabelle Albuquerque– Small-scale LNG solution for bunkering, distribution& floating terminalsStig Anders Hagen– Delivering a sustainable shipping industryAlastair FischbacherSet rotors!– Wind-assisted ship propulsion captures energy andattentionTuomas Riskicase studyThe Port of Barcelona’s Air QualityImprovement PlanJordi VilaTallinn’s digitalization andenvironmental protectionValdo Kalm and Ellen Kaasik
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red-hot port mattersThe Port of Immingham to be flood-resistantThe British port, part of Associated British Ports (ABP), is toreceive GBP 5.0 mln for increasing flood safety investment.The decision came after the east coast tidal surge ofDecember 2013, which caused widespread disruptionto port users, tenants, and key businesses. Since thelast flood, the Associated British Ports (ABP) togetherwith North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC), the LeadLocal Flood Authority, and the Environment Agency (EA)have been working on a permanent long-term solution toreduce the risk of tidal flooding. It was decided that theport would need a set of higher outer lock gates which arecapable of being braced in position against a tidal surge.Thanks to the EA’s financial contribution, the new lockgates with flood resilience capability are currently underconstruction, due to be installed in summer 2017. “We are Photo: Wikimedia Commonsabsolutely delighted that we have been able to successfullyapply for this funding towards the new lock gates at the port. Ensuring the port’s resilience to tidal flooding will provide a realspringboard for future investment at the port, as we seek to grow our business and invest in new infrastructure in to the future,”Mark Frith, ABP’s Port Manager for Grimsby and Immingham, said. NELC’s Project Manager, Teresa James, added: “The portis a vital local employer and effectively underpins the local economy. The North East Lincolnshire Council are pleased to haveworked so closely with ABP to achieve this brilliant result.” Mark Adams, the EA’s Senior Coastal Advisor, commented: “TheEA is committed to improving flood resilience and preparedness across the nation, and this great result at Immingham servesto demonstrate that it is not just houses that need protection but that nationally significant infrastructure and industry have thesame needs as well. We are delighted with the approved funding and look forward to continuing to work with ABP into the future.”Bergen to invest in digitizationThe Norwegian Port of Bergen has received NOK 1.7 mln (EUR approx. 191 thou.) from the State Coastal Authority for a newtime savings cargo data information system. The project, worth in total NOK 4.0 mln (EUR 450 thou.), aims at time rationalizationthanks to a shift from manual incoming cargo registration, to a digital system, which will reduce the number of errors.Photo: Wikimedia Commons3 Harbours Review 2017/1
Liebherr grows in ItalyLast year, Liebherr Maritime Cranes delivered in total 17 variouspieces of cargo handling equipment to Italian ports. In detail,Liebherr’s Italian 2016 portfolio includes nine mobile harbourcranes, four reachstackers, three rail mounted gantry cranes,and one ship-to-shore container crane. In this respect, a LHM 550was handed over to Compagnia Portuale based in Monfalcone.Two more cranes of the same type went to the Port of Brindisi,Peyrani could celebrate the handover for two machines at thePort of Taranto. The Bari-based terminal operator Istop SpamatS.r.l. opted for a new multipurpose mobile harbour crane LHM550, LHM 400 from the secondary market, and two LiebherrReachstackers LRS 545. “We are extremely satisfied with thequality and performance of our new Liebherr products. Theon-time delivery and the very professional training for our staffagain underlines that Liebherr is the right partner for us,” VitoTotorizzo, Captain and Owner of Istop Spamat, commented.In addition, the Port of Ravenna modernised and expanded itsPhoto: Liebherrcontainer handling fleet. The customer – Terminal ContainerRavenna S.P.A. (TCR) received one new Liebherr Reachstacker LRS 545 and three rail mounted gantry cranes. Romano Magnani,Technical Safety & Security Manager at TCR said: “Like all new products, the specifications provide for the latest availabletechnology, with many advanced features even compared to our 2014 model. Naturally, the new crane comes with the excellentenvironmentally-friendly enhancements, fit for a 21st century industry, something that was high up on the list of priorities during theselection process.” Terminal Container Ravenna placed an additional order for a Liebherr ship-to-shore container crane. Havingpersonally signed the contract, Milena Fico, Director and General Manager of TCR added: “The market is very positive about TCR’scustomized approach to personal service and flexibility and the new investment both in yard and ship-to-shore crane equipmentcan only enhance this further for the longer-term. We are really satisfied; as Liebherr has proven to be a reliable and cutting edgesupplier able to give fast and efficient responses.” Finally, TCR’s operator Sapir Group S.p.A., which has been in the businesssince 1957, took delivery of an LHM 600. This new machine will support the already existing mobile harbour crane fleet of oneLHM 550 and three LHM 400. Another reachstacker will start its operations in the Port of Salerno for the company Amoruso S.P.A.Pieter Vuylsteke, Sales Manager for the European market is delighted about the most recent entries into Liebherr’s order book;“The recent boost in LHM crane orders is probably the most impressive testimonial of our continuous market penetration via ourregional sales office in Ravenna. With this number of deliveries, 2016 definitely is a benchmark for our future sales ambitions in Italy.”Viking Grace to be fitted with a rotor sailViking Line and Norsepower have signed an agreementforeseeing the installation of the latter’s Rotor RailSolution of the former’s dual-fuel (LNG) cruise ferryViking Grace. One mid-sized rotor sail (24.0 m high,having 4.0 m in diameter) will be fitted onto the shipduring 2018’s Q2. According to the companies, thanksto the new equipment, Viking Grace will burn lessfuel (approx. 300 tn of LNG/year), hence reduce itscarbon emissions by some 900 tn/year. The RotorSail Solution (which according to Norsepower canbe installed on new vessels or retrofitted on existingships without off-hire costs) is a modernised versionof the Flettner rotor, a spinning cylinder that uses theMagnus effect to harness wind power to propel a ship.The solution is fully automated and senses wheneverthe wind is strong enough to deliver fuel savings, atwhich point the rotors start automatically – optimising Photo: Norsepowercrew time and resource. “As an organisation thatstrives to ensure that our fleet operates in an environmentally-friendly and economical way, we are proud to be partneringwith Norsepower. Our cruise vessel is the first to use a combination of alternative clean fuels, modern Rotor Sails, electricpropulsion, and a hydrodynamically optimised hull. We believe in the Rotor Sail Solution technology’s ability to enhance ourship’s performance by enabling significant reductions in fuel burn and costs, as well as carbon emissions,” Ulf Hagström,Senior Vice President, Marine Operations & Newbuildings, Viking Line, said. Tuomas Riski, Norsepower’s CEO, added:“This project marks the first of its kind modern auxiliary wind propulsion technology installation on-board a cruise ferry.As a Finnish-based clean technology and engineering company, we are proud to be partnering with yet another prominentshipping company as we work towards a modern era of auxiliary wind propulsion for the global maritime fleet, while supportingshipping’s transition to the low carbon economy.” Last year, Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution won the 2016 Innovation ofthe Year award at the Electric and Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam. In 2015, Viking Grace was also equipped withClimeon’s waste heat recovery system that converts hot water into electricity, giving in return 200 tn of fuel savings per year.4 Harbours Review 2017/1
Amsterdam invests in wind farmsThe Dutch Port of Amsterdam has announced a new partnership with the Rotterdam-headquartered energy company Eneco.According to the agreement, the Port of Amsterdam will acquire a 50% stake in Eneco’s existing 27 MW Afrikahaven windfarm, located in the Western port area. Both companies intend to supply the green energy generated by this wind farm tolocal businesses and households. This is said to be the first time a Dutch port company acquires shares in the wind farmsector. The Afrikahaven plants include a total of nine wind turbines, generating enough energy to supply around 15,000households. “This new partnership is consistent with the principles of our Vision2030 for improving the port’s sustainabilityand our strategy of becoming a major energy hub at the regional, national, and international levels. Wind energy is one ofthe renewable sources in which our port is investing and for which we have ambitious plans. The Port of Amsterdam aims toincrease its installed capacity in the port area to 100 MW by 2020. Through the smart use of this sustainable energy, we cancreate green energy for the price of brown energy – that is, traditional fossil fuels,” Koen Overtoom, the Port of Amsterdam’sCEO, said. Bram Poeth, Managing Director of Eneco Zakelijk, the energy company’s corporate division, added: “In takingthis step, the Port of Amsterdam is assuming a large share of the responsibility for the local energy transition. The nextchallenge for our two companies is to persuade the local community to join us in this sustainable revolution. Our ambitiousobjective is to get as many businesses in the port area and local households in the Amsterdam area as possible to run onlocally-generated wind energy. It’s all part of our strategy to tailor our renewable energy sources to specific customers.”Photo: Wikimedia CommonsGdańsk sea-connected to North AmericaA new monthly service, focused on break-bulk but also open to other general cargo such as containers or project, has beenjointly introduced by Spliethoff and its subsidiary Transfennica. Starting at the Port of Gdańsk, the route includes Antwerp,Baltimore, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, New Orleans, Houston, and optionally also East coast Mexican ports. The servicein question kicked off on January 19 th, when luxury yachts began to be loaded onto Spliethoff’s crane-equipped side-loaderSpiegelgracht for their journey to Florida’s Port of West Palm Beach.The Port of Sines’ new craneLiebherr’s LHM420 of 124 tn lifting capacity has been deployed at the Multipurpose Terminal. The crane allows for handling cargoup to 44 m above and 14 m below the quay, respectively, offering a lifting range of 10.5-48.0 m. It can move 1,500 tn per hour.5 Harbours Review 2017/1
Color Line-Ulstein hybrid ferry LOIPhoto: Color LineThis Letter of Intent covers the construction of a hybridro-pax, initially named Color Hybrid. The 160 m long ferry,designed by Fosen, will be able to take on-board up to 2,000passengers, as well as offer space for approx. 500 cars orother cargo. Once deployed in summer 2019, Color Hybrid willreplace across the Sandefjord-Strömstad route the 1,165 paxcapacity and 462 lane metres Bohus. Color Line’s newbuildwill be a plug-in hybrid, with batteries filled via a powercable from the company’s own shore facilities, or rechargedon-board by the ship’s generators. The Norwegian ferrycompany has already installed cold-ironing at the ports ofOslo, Larvik, and Kristiansand, and will do so in Sandefjord.As such, the ship will have full battery power into and out ofthe fjord to Sandefjord. According to Ulstein’s press release,Color Hybrid will therefore not emit harmful greenhousegases, or nitrogen and sulphur compounds in this area.New-old France-Iran-Iraq container serviceSince February, 2017, the Port of Le Havre is again sea-container-connected with Iranian and Iraqi ports. Thenew service, provided by HDASCO Line, also known as HDS Lines; the Iranian national shipping company, anda subsidiary of the IRISL Group (Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines), links Le Havre with the ports of BandarAbbas, Asaluyeh, Bandar Iman, Khomeini, Busher and Khorramshahr in Iran, and the Port of Um Qasr in Iraq. “This is agreat opportunity offered to the French importers and exporters who wish to develop their trade with Iran. This country,which has around 80 million inhabitants, is a high-potential market, especially regarding the sectors of chemistry,agri-food (flour, milk, etc.) cosmetics, electrical appliances, retail, and of course automotive trade, as well as the oil& gas industry. While world trade with traditional Asian partners is slowing down, promising perspectives with the Iranianmarket are most welcome,” Jean-Marc Peltier, Liner Department Manager at Worms Services Maritime Agency, said.FFPD co-funded by bremenportsPhoto: Wikimedia CommonsBremen’s Senate has given its go-ahead for bremenports to become a member of the Finnafjord Port Development company(FFPD). Back in May 2016, the Icelandic government signed an agreement with the municipalities of Langanesbyggð andVopnafjörður, the engineering company EFLA, and bremenports, aimed at constructing a multipurpose deep-sea (50 m) portin North-East Iceland. As such, the two Icelandic municipalities will form the Finnafjord Port Authority (FFPA), responsible, amongothers, for granting licences to terminal operators. Bremenports, in turn, will aid the project with its expertise on port development.As a result, the business model behind the Finnafjord port, inclusive of franchise structure, will be developed by the FFPD forFFPA’s approval. Investors will be invited to take part in the port’s detailed planning process. The subsequent constructionof the port facilities, as well as freight handlingoperations, will lie in the hands of the investors,too. The FFPD will be officially founded in the firsthalf of 2017, comprising the four abovementionedparties. Since year 2004 an industrial site of 167ha has been demarcated and outlined in themasterplan for the Finnafjord area. According toit, the Port of Finnafjord will offer 6.3 km of quays,partly with depths going beyond 50 m. The newIcelandic harbour will chiefly target transhipmentserving trade flows crossing the North Pole ontheir way between Asia and Europe. “Both theIcelandic Government and the general publicregard the Finnafjord Port Project as the country’smost important infrastructure project right now.Shipping and logistics will increase significantlyin this part of the world in the future. Icelandconsequently wants to profit from this trend andestablish a new port on the central Arctic shippingroute,” Martin Günthner, Bremen’s Senator forEconomic Affairs and Ports, commented. Theport authority bremenports manages the Germanharbours in Bremerhaven and Bremen.6 Harbours Review 2017/1
GPH takes stakes in three Italian portsTurkey-based Global Port Holding (GPH) has acquired shares in companies managing the cruise ports of Cagliari (Sardinia), Catania(Sicily) and Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna). The harbours were previously owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCC), Aloschi&Bassani, andBassani Ravenna. However, RCC will retain a minority stake in all three companies, and the ports of Cagliari, Catania, as well as Ravennawill remain part of the company’s cruise itineraries. The 2004-founded GPH, advised during the purchasing process by the Internationallaw firm Watson Farley & Williams, is one of the world’s largest cruise port operators, with a portfolio of the following ports – Lisbon, Malaga,Barcelona, Valetta, Bar, Kuşadası, Bodrum, Venice, Antalya, and Singapore. “I am delighted to have advised GPH for the second timeon new cruise terminal acquisitions, following that of two significant stakes in Venice’s cruise terminal in July 2016. That such a leadingindustry player as GPH opted for WFW to advise them on both matters demonstrates the firm’s respected and expanding presence inthe cruise sector both worldwide and in Italy specifically,” Francesco Dialti, Asset Finance Partner at Watson Farley & Williams, said.UECC’s new PCTCs deployedThe company’s brand-new LNG-run car carriers Auto Eco and Auto Energy have linked the Baltic and North Seas with the EnglishChannel. The 181 m long and 30 m wide vessels – each able to take on-board up to 4,000 cars, including also 6,000 m2 for high andheavy shipments (the ships’ ramps can handle units up to 110 tn in weight and 5.2 m high on their main deck) – cover now on a regularbasis the ports of St. Petersburg (Petrolesport), Uusikaupunki, Hanko, Malmö, Bremerhaven, Zeebrugge, and Southampton. Thetwo newbuilds of United European Car Carriers are the world’s biggest Pure Car and Truck Carriers powered by Liquefied Natural Gas.Gothenburg to have a new cruise terminalFollowing the transformation of Frihamnen into an urban area, the Port of Gothenburgis restoring the Stigbergskajen into a cruise reception facility named the America CruiseTerminal. This year will be the final season when cruise ships can dock at Frihamnen.The area will then form part of a major urban home and office development scheme,forcing the present cruise terminal to find a new location. As such, Gothenburg’s newPhoto: Port of Gothengurgcentral cruise terminal will move to Stigbergskajen in Masthugget. The quay and partof the terminal building, the 1912-built Amerikaskjulet, are currently being restored, and will be ready to welcome vessels from spring2018 (as of today, 17 ships are already scheduled to call at the new terminal). At Stigbergskajen, 10 m of quay will be demolished andrebuilt, followed by bollards reinforcement, as well as the construction of ramps and a bus parking space. Part of the Amerikaskjuletwill be converted into a reception hall with a tourist information office, a souvenir shop, and other facilities. The maximum length ofvessels calling at the America Cruise Terminal will be 225 m, 25 m more than currently at Frihamnen. However, the largest vessels willcontinue to dock at the terminal at Arendal. “The location is ideal as it is within walking distance of the inviting and vibrant districts ofMajorna, Linné and Haga, and just a short journey by public transport or chartered bus into the city centre. Now that the beautiful andhistorically significant Amerikaskjulet is about to be revived as a passenger terminal, cruise guests can
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